(12 Sep 2024, 7:42 am)Rob44 wrote The point im making is that you sit in you house watch in the race on tv or maybe even go and watch it to cheer on the runners but untill it actually effects you , you dont think of those effected by it! I would admitt thats me but now i live in that area . And i know its just once a year

As for being blunt i thought you were being sarcastic:?????  Half this forum were up in arms when i suggested buses terminate at gateshead or regent centre!!!  Walking through an underpass heworth that smells of wee then up a quite steep bank at either end! Give me an escalator  and a busy metro gateshead any time!

To be fair, Heworth is probably more the problem really.

The place badly needs redone, especially considering the North side of it is just abandoned nowadays pretty much. The railway station and long stay car park both need connecting to it better imo and the rest of it needs a serious refurbishment.

Heworth is the sort of place where people should be interchanging with buses terminating there.